TRIDENT REPLACEMENT

Early day motion 909, tabled 27 October 2010 by Cathy Jamieson (Labour). Signed by 77 members.

That this House welcomes the announcement of a reduction in operational warheads from 160 to 120 in the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) and a delay in the Main Gate decision until 2016; regrets that consideration of the necessity of retaining nuclear weapons was not formally included in the SDSR; notes that the threat of a state-originated nuclear attack on the UK was described as of low likelihood in the National Security Strategy; and therefore calls on the Government to ensure that a full public review of the UK's possession of nuclear weapons is held prior to the Main Gate decision-point.

Signatures by party: Labour 41, Liberal Democrat 22, Scottish National Party 6, Plaid Cymru 3, Alliance 1, DUP 1, Green 1, Independent 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.